Description

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This second edition is an update of the intersection of border security, immigration, and assimilation in the U.S.A. In addition to the history of immigration and custom services and shifts in attitudes about immigration, this edition provides new information about the operations of the Department of Homeland Security to secure the border. A new chapter examines developments in immigration policy relating to the border wall, family separation, unaccompanied immigrant minors and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA. The book includes real-life stories of difficult incidents that arise due to the complicated relationship between immigration and border security. The authors review prospects for comprehensive immigration policy and border security policy.

About the Author

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Yoku Shaw-Taylor is an Applied Sociologist with a PhD from George Washington University. He was Research Scientist at NORC, University of Chicago, and an Operations Research Analyst (Contractor) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of the first edition of Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security. Lorraine McCall is a quantitative analyst with a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She was a charter employee with the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. She worked extensively with the Office of Field Operations and with the Office of Border Patrol at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as on international and trade issues. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dr. McCall conducted studies of immigration fraud and at the recently renamed Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency, she served as a senior advisor and analyst.